Bill Text: NH SB53 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repealing the interagency coordinating council for women offenders and relative to the membership of the interbranch criminal and juvenile justice council.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Signed by the Governor on 06/12/2015; Chapter 0146; Effective 08/11/2015 [SB53 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2015-SB53-Introduced.html
SB 53 - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
04/09
SENATE BILL 53
AN ACT repealing the interagency coordinating council for women offenders and expanding the membership and duties of the interbranch criminal and juvenile justice council.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Rep. Wall, Straf 6; Rep. Wheeler, Merr 3; Rep. Gorman, Hills 31; Rep. Cushing, Rock 21; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 5
This bill repeals the interagency coordinating council for women offenders and transfers its duties and certain members to the interbranch criminal and juvenile justice council.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0266
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT repealing the interagency coordinating council for women offenders and expanding the membership and duties of the interbranch criminal and juvenile justice council.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Department of Corrections; Administrator of Women Offenders and Family Services. Amend RSA 21-H:14-b, III to read as follows:
III. The administrator shall[:
(a)] prepare budget recommendations regarding women offenders’ program services consistent with the departmental budget cycle. The administrator shall also engage in budget formation, grant applications, and resource allocation activities related to women offenders as assigned[.
(b) Act as liaison to the interagency coordinating council for women offenders and the department of corrections].
2 New Subparagraphs; Interbranch Criminal and Juvenile Justice Council; Membership. Amend RSA 651-E:2 by inserting after subparagraph (y) the following new subparagraphs:
(z) The administrator of women offenders and family services, or designee, appointed by the commissioner of the department of corrections.
(aa) One former inmate of the state prison for women who is no longer under correctional supervision, appointed by the governor.
3 New Paragraphs; Interbranch Criminal and Juvenile Justice Council; Duties. Amend RSA 651-E:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraphs:
V. Identify opportunities for interagency cooperation in the effective management of female offenders.
VI. Promote gender-specific interagency community treatment for female offenders and their children.
VII. Develop memoranda of understanding outlining “in-kind” services or cooperation to provide services to incarcerated women and their children.
VIII. Develop cross-training opportunities to foster understanding of system responses to the shared population across agencies of incarcerated women and their children.
IX. Develop gender-specific treatment for co-occurring conditions and a continuity of treatment from incarceration to community.
X. Coordinate interagency case management and re-entry planning.
XI. Assess the impact of incarceration on family relations during and after incarceration.
XII. Apply for and administer federal and private sector grants for the furtherance of the duties of the council and the development of gender-responsive, trauma-informed management of female offenders and their children.
4 Repeal. RSA 21-H:14-c, relative to the interagency coordinating council for women offenders, is repealed.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
